Author: Edward Abbey

Quotes

Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit.

Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit.

- Edward Abbey

For myself I hold no preferences among flowers, so long as they are wild, free, spontaneous. Bricks to all greenhouses! Black thumb and cutworm to the potted plant!

For myself I hold no preferences among flowers, so long as they are wild, free, spontaneous. Bricks to all greenhouses! Black thumb and cutworm to the potted plant!

- Edward Abbey

One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, there ain't nothin' can beat teamwork.

One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, there ain't nothin' can beat teamwork.

- Edward Abbey

Belief in the supernatural reflects a failure of the imagination.

Belief in the supernatural reflects a failure of the imagination.

- Edward Abbey

There is science, logic, reason; there is thought verified by experience. And then there is California.

There is science, logic, reason; there is thought verified by experience. And then there is California.

- Edward Abbey

Power is always dangerous. Power attracts the worst and corrupts the best.

Power is always dangerous. Power attracts the worst and corrupts the best.

- Edward Abbey

That which today calls itself science gives us more and more information, and indigestible glut of information, and less and less understanding.

That which today calls itself science gives us more and more information, and indigestible glut of information, and less and less understanding.

- Edward Abbey

May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.

May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.

- Edward Abbey

Say what you like about my bloody murderous government,' I says, 'but don't insult me poor bleedin' country.

Say what you like about my bloody murderous government,' I says, 'but don't insult me poor bleedin' country.

- Edward Abbey

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